PROTECTING WISCONSIN'S BIODIVERSITY

 
 
 
   
 
Scientific Name Common Name Global Rank State Rank Federal Status WI Status Animal Group

Cherrystone Drop (Hendersonia occulta)

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Photo by Terrell Hyde and W.A. Smith

 

Counties with Mapped NHI Occurrences

Cherrystone Drop (Hendersonia occulta) State Threatened, has a thick 6-8mm wide shell that is wider than it is high, usually reddish or yellowish in color, and lacks an opening in the center of the base of the shell. Inhabitants of small areas of algific habitat or the similar cool, moist, shaded sites of cliffs where algific conditions occur without substantial talus or ice. The species is most often found on wooded alluvial-soil banks and bluffs.

 
 
 

Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) are associated with habitats (or natural communities) and places on the landscape. Understanding relationships among SGCN, natural communities and ecological landscapes help us make decisions about issues affecting SGCN and their habitat and how to respond. Download the Wildlife Action Plan association score spreadsheet to explore rare species, natural communities and ecological landscape associations

Conservation actions respond to issues or threats, which adversely affect species of greatest conservation need (SGCN) or their habitats. Besides actions such as restoring wetlands or planting resilient tree species in northern communities, research, surveys and monitoring are also among conservation actions described in the Wisconsin Wildlife Action Plan because lack of information can threaten our ability to successfully preserve and care for natural resources.